When a mysterious teenage girl appears at his door, Thorn’s attempt to help her sends him on a journey that leads to a shocking discovery: every calamity in Thorn’s life for the past twenty years—and there’ve been plenty—has been engineered by a powerful enemy. This man known as Trickster has made it his mission to torment Thorn and those around him in deadly ways. But now that sadistic game is about to come to its ultimate conclusion.

From Melanie Jackson, Best-Selling author of the Chloe Boston series comes "Gone South", the third installment in the Butterscotch Jones Cozy Mystery Series.Butterscotch receives a call from the states informing her that her father is dying. But is it a genuine deathbed call for reconciliation or a trap? In either case, Butterscotch solicits the help of Detective Chuck Goodhead to sneak over the border to see her father. Chuck risks his career to aid her and from that point on, chaos reigns."A light, fun read with an eccentric cast of characters who bring the village of MacIntyre's Gulch to delightful life."--Lisa Cach, author of "Wake Unto Me" Praise for the Author"A wickedly sexy tale!"--Christine Feehan, New York Times Bestselling Author (on The Selkie)"... delivers sizzling romance and ghoulish thrills at a breathtaking clip."--Publishers Weekly (on Traveler)

Little did, businessman and entrepreneur, Michael Rossi know that the telephone call he answered on that fateful Friday would be the catalyst for his death, and the subsequent recovery of his body from the waters of Sydney Harbour the following morning. Recalled from leave to take on the case, Detective Chief Inspector Fitzjohn confronts the first of many puzzles; how Rossi spent the unaccountable hours before he died. This leads him on a paper-trail into a tangled web of deception, jealousy and greed, that unravels the mystery surrounding Michael’s death. Unaware of her nephew’s fate, Esme Timmons retires for the evening, unsuspecting of the events about to unfold; events that will, ultimately, expose a grim lie, buried deep in the past.

Haunted by the death of her co-worker and good friend, reporter Samantha Church sets out on a journey to find his younger sister, Jenny, who he last saw as a baby and never got the chance to know.Driven by the need to fulfill her friend’s final wish, Sam travels to El Paso, Texas, and digs into the past. And as that past continues to unfold, what does Sam discover presently about herself and her feelings for her boss, Wilson Cole Jr.?Do her feelings for Wilson go deeper than she realizes?As time runs out, will Sam be prepared for what she uncovers the closer she gets to meeting Jenny? Can Sam save her and free her from the shadowy and tragic underworld that has imprisoned her? Or will she remain just one more nameless victim of the sordid criminals who have kept her captive for so long?